WordPress Release Notes – February 2022

Release Notes

Code Changes (transparent to end-users)

1. Performance Updates – Updated the following plugins and settings to improve overall site security and performance:
a. Yoast SEO & Premium – Enhanced schema presentation for non-alphanumeric languages. Introduced a keyphrase position tracking tool. Improved Japanese text analysis, readability, keyword detection, and more. Changed the font size on alerts from 14px to 13px.
b. Gravity Forms – Updated to meet security requirements.
c. Contact Form 7 – Updated to meet security requirements.
d. Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 – Updated to scroll the success message into view after successful form completion.
e. PublishPress Permissions Pro – Updated to meet security requirements.
f. Slider Revolution – Updated to meet security requirements.
g. Advanced Custom Fields PRO – Updated to meet security requirements.
h. Yoast Duplicate Post – Updated to meet security requirements.
i. WordPress – Updated to meet security requirements.
j. Redis Object Cache – Added support for relay and updated ApexCharts.
k. Stop User Enumeration – Updated to meet security requirements.
l. Custom Post Type UI – Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 5.9 and added a filter to out PHP Global sanitization function for extended usage.
m. Google Tag Manager for WordPress – Updated to meet security requirements.
n. Polylang – Updated to meet security requirements.
o. Query Monitor – Improved handling of SQL queries that consist of only MySQL comments. Fixed incompatibility with PHP versions prior to 7.2. Improved code quality and reduced overall memory usage.
p. Enhanced Media Library – Added infinite scroll and manageable loads, ensured SVG full support, improved taxonomy archive pages, and added Simply Gallery Blocks.
q. ACF QuickEdit Fields – Updated to meet security requirements.
r. Redirection – Updated to meet security requirements.
s. MCE Table Buttons – Replaced references of “master” with “trunk” with this release.
t. Polylang Pro – Updated to meet security requirements.